LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Capital Idea
GORDON STABLES, Esq., M.D., E.N., of Twyford, Berkshire, the well-known author, in a letter published a short time since in The Stock-keeper and Fancier's Chronicle, made the following admirable suggestion, which we trust may be carried...
Category: Correspondence
Shoreboat Services. For Which Rewards Were Given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management
For which Rewards were given at the September and October Meetings of the Committee of Management.
Newbiggin, Northumberland. — At about 1.30 P.M. on the 5th June it was reported by the coastguard that a flag was being...
Category: Services
Below: the Lifeboat Crew
Below: The lifeboat crew prepares for filming. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Electronic Eyes and Ears By Lieut Ernest Gough Rn
COMMUNICATIONS AND NAVIGATIONAL AIDS OF A MODERN LIFEBOAT by Lieutenant Ernest Gough, RN STAFF OFFICER (COMMUNICATIONS), RNLISEEING AN OFFSHORE LIFEBOAT for the first time, you may wonder why she has so many antennae and gadgets sprouting...
Category: Articles
Bobby Lee Bem Coxswain of the Douglas Lifeboat from 1950 to 1970 on One of His First Services As Coxswain In April 1950 Bobby Lee Rescued Ten Men from Mary H
Bobby Lee, BEM, coxswain of the Douglas lifeboat from 1950 to 1970. On one of his first services as coxswain, in April 1950, Bobby Lee rescued ten men from Mary Heely.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Thomas Cocking (Snr),
Thomas Cocking (Snr), full-time coxswain of St Ives lifeboat between 1976 and 1989. Thomas joined the crew in 1952, and was appointed bowman in 1955, second coxswain in 1965 and retained coxswain in 1967.
Thomas was also a...
Category: Obituaries
Members of the Crew of the New Eyemouth Berwickshire 44' Waveney Lifeboat Named Eric Seal In Memory of the Late Sir Eric Seal Kbe Cb a Former Vice-President
Members of the crew of the new Eyemouth, Berwickshire, 44' Waveney lifeboat, named Eric Seal in memory of the late Sir Eric Seal, KBE, CB, a former vice-president of the RNLI and chairman of the Civil Service and Post Office Lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LIV. BULL BAY (Anglesey) The Curling, 34 feet by 7£ feet, 10 oars.
"READER, have you ever been at Ply- mouth?" asks the versatile Captain Fred- erick Marryatt in opening one of the happiest productions of...
Category: Articles
First Silver Medal for a Blue Peter Ilb Crew Member Was Awarded to Helmsman David Bliss of St.Agnes After the Award Was Annouced David Bliss and His Crew Wer
First silver medal for a Blue Peter ILB crew member was awarded to Helmsman David Bliss of St Agnes. After the award was annouced, David Bliss and his crew were the guests of the BBC's Blue Peter television programme, (left to right)... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Friends of the RNLI
Renewable energy company Ørsted has pledged its support to the RNLI with a new 3-year partnership A global leader in offshore wind, Ørsted will donate more than £200,000 to fund the running costs of lifeboats at Barrow,...
Category: Articles